Source: sportsillustrated.cnn.com – Wednesday, April 24, 2013
NEW YORK — Any other day, any other 12 months, Carmelo Anthony's late 1/3 quarter pressure might have ended with any other result. Three years ago, Anthony may not have been able to breeze with the aid of Paul Pierce, may not had been ready to beat a closing Kevin Garnett to the rim. Three years in the past 'Melo would possibly were met via the burly paws of Kendrick Perkins or Rasheed Wallace, Boston's interior enforcers that backstopped the 2010 Celtics to the NBA Finals. This is a different Celtics workforce, although, one ravaged by way of harm and earnings cap constraints, one that can't overcome a gap in talent with sheer choice and will. And so Anthony punctuated the possession with a one-handed slam, capping a 32-11 1/3 quarter run, extending the Knicks result in seventy four-fifty nine and effectively striking an eventual 87-seventy one Sport 2 win out of attain.

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